Special Collections & Archives

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 http://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"> <eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" findaidstatus="completed" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"> <eadid url="http://hdl.handle.net/10339/93648">ms807</eadid> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>Warrenton Baptist Church (Warrenton, N.C.) Records <num>MS807</num></titleproper> <author>Juno Zhu and Stephanie Bennett</author> </titlestmt> <publicationstmt> <publisher>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</publisher> <p> <date>2017 May </date> </p> <address> <addressline>PO Box 7777</addressline> <addressline>Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109</addressline> <addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline> </address> </publicationstmt> </filedesc> <profiledesc> <creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2021-06-04 14:37:19 -0400</date>.</creation> <descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules> </profiledesc> <revisiondesc> <change> <date>2018 November</date> <item>Revised by Katie Lawrence</item> </change> </revisiondesc> </eadheader> <archdesc level="collection"> <did> <repository> <corpname>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</corpname> </repository> <unittitle>Warrenton Baptist Church (Warrenton, N.C.) Records</unittitle> <unitid>MS807</unitid> <physdesc altrender="whole"> <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">3 Linear Feet</extent> <extent altrender="carrier">2 oversize boxes</extent> </physdesc> <unitdate normal="1849/1901" type="inclusive">1849-1901</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_ceadcc5a83f226343b40f9541ba44a0d">Warrenton Baptist Church was founded in Warrenton, N.C. The church is a member of the United Shiloh Baptist Association. This collection contains minutes of church conferences, church records, and a Sunday School record book.</abstract> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language> . </langmaterial> </did> <bioghist id="aspace_ecb87fcfbdc10412ca45ceb09d8bd672"> <head>Historical Note</head> <p>Warrenton Baptist Church was founded in Warrenton, N.C. The church is a member of the United Shiloh Baptist Association.</p> </bioghist> <scopecontent id="aspace_5ada2bb1b72b1a4eb7cd2de3dc0a857a"> <head>Collection Overview</head> <p>This collection contains minutes of church conferences from September 2, 1849 to September 25, 1868. Included are church records, 1885-1900 [broken series], and a Sunday School record book, 1857-1861.</p> </scopecontent> <prefercite id="aspace_4e6b0e72bd294fc28731f58c5d3b5a53"> <head>Preferred Citation</head> <p>Warrenton Baptist Church (Warrenton, N.C.) Records, (MS807), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC USA.</p> </prefercite> <accessrestrict id="aspace_30df43dd8bf80a22db69a598c53eaf69"> <head>Access Restrictions </head> <p>This collection is open for use.</p> </accessrestrict> <userestrict id="aspace_0e920925247500a7ef17041950999dad"> <head>Copyright Notice </head> <p>The nature of the WFU Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The Archives and Special Collections of ZSR Library claims only physical ownership of most materials. The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to the U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.</p> </userestrict> <relatedmaterial id="aspace_54ec797225e5540bc47bfb8928cfc0fb"> <head>Related Materials</head> <p><extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/37935" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Warrenton Baptist Church (Warren County, N.C.) (CRMF201)</extref>, Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives.</p> </relatedmaterial> <processinfo id="aspace_8b2566ae4c9a584f62d3427f0a18f0c3"> <head>Processing Information</head> <p>Transcribed by Hayley Fisher, 2014. Formerly identified as CR73.</p> </processinfo> <controlaccess> <subject source="lcsh">Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Warrenton</subject> <geogname source="lcsh">Warren County (N.C.) -- Church history -- Sources</geogname> <subject source="lcsh">Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Warren County</subject> <subject source="lcsh">Baptists -- North Carolina -- Warren County -- History -- Sources</subject> </controlaccess> <dsc> <c id="aspace_ref10_3mj" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/67473" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1849/1868" type="inclusive">1849-1868</unitdate> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language>.</langmaterial> <container id="aspace_1e426e6690b79a258c8112187f0b5ef0" label="Text" type="box">2</container> <container id="aspace_9b94645dac4f6cc55837d96201045ed5" parent="aspace_1e426e6690b79a258c8112187f0b5ef0" type="volume">1</container> </did> <scopecontent id="aspace_45614ac72160543faf2f1f05294a3f2d"> <head>Contents </head> <p>Minutes of church conferences from 2 Sept. 1849 to 25 Sept. 1868, including male, female, and black membership lists; a covenant and articles of faith; and a constitution. Subjects include improvements to church property; the reception, discipline, and dismissal fo church members; the appointment and reports from church committees; the purchase of a communion set (1852); the election of deacons and the church clerk; subscription for a church steeple (1852); the appointment of delegates to teh association meetings and to the Baptist State Convention; the pastor, J. B. Solomon shooting at his slave (1854); the printing of 500 copies of Solomon's dedication address at Sharon (1858); the dismissal of members to constitute a Baptist Church at Sharon Meeting House (July 10, 1858) [now Wise Baptist Church]; and a court case against the church trustees (1854). Minutes from Dec. 1865 to June 1866 missing.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="aspace_ref18_qre" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/67472" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Sunday school meeting minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1857/1861" type="inclusive">1857-1861</unitdate> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language>.</langmaterial> <container id="aspace_0067e7bda4cb7200ea0453892043b0a0" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_d595efcd95e94e2f380b8241ab8f3d02" parent="aspace_0067e7bda4cb7200ea0453892043b0a0" type="volume">4</container> </did> <scopecontent id="aspace_d118e2be56920e35909e8c5d21706556"> <head>Contents</head> <p>Minutes and proceedings of the teachers and officers of the union Sunday School from January 11, 1857 to March 25, 1861, including a constitution (4-5); reports from the superintendent, 1857-60, secretary, 1857-60, librarian, 1858-59, and the treasurer, 1857, 1860. Subjects include the election of officers, financial matters, the celebration of May Day (1857), and committee appointments. Entries are in ink on unnumbered pages after first 27 pages. Loose items are at the end of the volume.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="aspace_ref14_gqt" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/67468" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Membership roll</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1885/1893" type="inclusive">1885-1893</unitdate> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language>.</langmaterial> <container id="aspace_e8a09db32cb2a241af32e3c98a6e19a3" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_3a93b15c4b12646cf66895169962f021" parent="aspace_e8a09db32cb2a241af32e3c98a6e19a3" type="folder">1</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref13_u8x" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/67471" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Correspondence and minutes</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1885/1901" type="inclusive">1885-1901</unitdate> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language>.</langmaterial> <container id="aspace_d1eb2d35b19c0ffb5b8d834193dd1095" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_aca579633a68136a7547feab05506d70" parent="aspace_d1eb2d35b19c0ffb5b8d834193dd1095" type="folder">3</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref16_a0w" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/67470" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Financial records</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1897/1900" type="inclusive">1897-1900</unitdate> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language>.</langmaterial> <container id="aspace_2b95ee0428565c5fdb09c76fe15b0907" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_fea6ebc52a41daacbde0cc1c09342021" parent="aspace_2b95ee0428565c5fdb09c76fe15b0907" type="folder">2</container> </did> </c> </dsc> </archdesc> </ead>